simmons | June 27, 2017
Yuli Edelstein. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelsteins visit to Moscow will involve discussions aiming to reach agreements on security matters, he said at the start of a meeting Tuesday with Valentina Matviyenko, his counterpart in the Federation Council. Edelstein praised the cooperation between the defense committees of the two parliaments, but pointed out there are points of disagreement
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richards | June 27, 2017
A New Jersey rabbiand his wife were arrested with three other Jewish couples forunderreporting their incomes to receive government benefits.
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richards | June 27, 2017
The reception catered by Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen set the tone for the evening: a talk about food with San Francisco State University Jewish studies professor Rachel Gross. Though many Jews might claim to be experts on Jewish cuisine or innovators in the kitchen, Gross is one of the regions most knowledgeable academics when it comes to understanding why certain trends in Jewish commercial cooking exist as they do today
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admin | June 27, 2017
Attorneys for Lincoln Rutledge spent another day trying to convince a Franklin County jury to spare his life for shooting and killing a Columbus Police SWAT officer. (WSYX/WTTE) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) -- Attorneys for Lincoln Rutledge spent another day trying to convince a Franklin County jury to spare his life for shooting and killing a Columbus Police SWAT officer.
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richards | June 27, 2017
Families that receive free Jewish childrens books from the Massachusetts-based PJ Library say the program has helped them feel more connected to their Jewish communities, with interfaith families especially sayingit has spurred them to celebrate Jewish holidays and Shabbat and to learn more about Judaism, a new study found. The study, released Tuesday by PJ Library and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, found that 69 percentof participating families say the program has helped them feel more connected to their Jewish communities, whether by attending programs run by PJ library itself or activities run by local Jewish institutions. Respondents also saythe program helps them feel more knowledgeable and confident about how to engage in Jewish traditions with their children (83 percent), and 91 percent say the program is a valuable parenting tool
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richards | June 27, 2017
JERUSALEM Israeli politicians rushed to condemn their governments decision Sunday to freezea plan promoting pluralistic prayer at the Western Wall. Voices from across the political spectrum, including members of the governing coalition, criticized the vote by the Cabinetas a recklessaffront to American Jewry
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richards | June 27, 2017
The Anti-Defamation League expressed mixed feelings in regards to the state of US President Donald Trump's Middle East travel ban. The Supreme Court on Monday lifted the injunction from Trump's travel ban while making sure the ban will not effect people who are able to prove ties to American institutions or US citizens.
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richards | June 27, 2017
Anti-Defamation League and Simon Wiesenthal Center say that Dyke March organizers should apologize to the women for what it described as an 'outrageous' action Jewish groups denounced the banning of Jewish Pride flags at a march in Chicago celebrating the lesbian community and called for an apology.
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admin | June 27, 2017
Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz, founder of ArtScroll Publications, passed away on Friday at age 73. A graduate of Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem in downtown Manhattan, Rabbi Zlotowitz joined a graphics studio named ArtScroll Studios, which produced brochures and wedding and bar mitzvah invitations
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richards | June 27, 2017
June 26, 2017 7:11 PM RYE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) Congregations of two different religions in Westchester County are preparing to worship under one roof.
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